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12/03/2010
DAA To Operate Dublin Terminal 2
Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is to run Terminal 2 following a decision to terminate the facility management procurement process relating to Dublin Airport.
Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey announced the news this week and said that the DDA can do so within a 'benchmark' set by the Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR).
Minister Dempsey explained: "I was keen to pursue the option of a competition for the operation of facility management services in Terminal 2 as a way of achieving efficiencies in the Terminal and across airport operations generally.
"While every effort was made to design a workable process, unfortunately the market did not respond as hoped.
"There was no choice but to terminate the procurement process last December. None of the candidates had met the minimum requirements for pre-qualification and I had no option but to terminate the procurement process in the light of the outcome of the pre-qualification phase and my advisers' general assessment of the process," he said.
"The Dublin Airport Charges determination for 2010-2014 made by the Commission for Aviation (CAR) in December last year, has set very specific and stringent operating cost targets for operating an efficient Terminal 2. In my view, the airport charges determination has effectively superseded the procurement process.
"I do not see any practical alternative but to mandate DAA to operate Terminal 2. In doing so, the DAA will need to demonstrate that it can operate Terminal 2 within the benchmark set by CAR," he explained.
(BmcC/GK)
Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey announced the news this week and said that the DDA can do so within a 'benchmark' set by the Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR).
Minister Dempsey explained: "I was keen to pursue the option of a competition for the operation of facility management services in Terminal 2 as a way of achieving efficiencies in the Terminal and across airport operations generally.
"While every effort was made to design a workable process, unfortunately the market did not respond as hoped.
"There was no choice but to terminate the procurement process last December. None of the candidates had met the minimum requirements for pre-qualification and I had no option but to terminate the procurement process in the light of the outcome of the pre-qualification phase and my advisers' general assessment of the process," he said.
"The Dublin Airport Charges determination for 2010-2014 made by the Commission for Aviation (CAR) in December last year, has set very specific and stringent operating cost targets for operating an efficient Terminal 2. In my view, the airport charges determination has effectively superseded the procurement process.
"I do not see any practical alternative but to mandate DAA to operate Terminal 2. In doing so, the DAA will need to demonstrate that it can operate Terminal 2 within the benchmark set by CAR," he explained.
(BmcC/GK)
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